Sugar and Sugar Derivatives: Changing Consumer Preferences

Prof. Narendra Mohan
, after completing his post graduate studies in sugar technology, was awarded a Fellowship by the National Sugar Institute. He has a long and distinguished career in the sugar industry. As Director of the National Sugar Institute in Kanpur, he has made exemplary contributions to achieving a radical change in the Institute’s academic, research and consultancy activities, and making its presence felt globally. Besides being an excellent, popular and inspiring teacher, Prof Mohan has been a research worker
par excellence
who has published more than 100 papers in various international and national journals. He has also published two books on sugar production processes. His passion for innovative work to convert “waste to resources” has resulted in the development of many cost-effective and environment friendly technologies, e.g. the production of bio-surfactant from bagasse, production of bio-CNG from press mud and other agricultural waste, and production of sulphur-free sugar. He is the Chairman of the Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards, which formulates quality standards for sugar and sugar derivatives. His contributions to the sugar industry have been acknowledged internationally, for which he has received many prestigious awards.

Dr. Priyanka Singh
, presently working as scientific officer, Sugar Chemistry division, UPCSR, Shahjahanpur, India, completed her PhD in 2000. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the Department of Science &Technology, New Delhi, India in 2006 and 2010, and received an Award of Excellence from Sinai University, Al Arish, Egypt in 2008 and Young Sugarcane Scientist Award from Bhartiya Sugar in 2018. She has 19 years of research experience with a specialization in organophosphorus chemistry and in the area of cane quality/post–harvest management of sugar losses. She is currently working on the selection of best sugarcane varieties for the commercial production of jaggery. In addition to serving as Managing Editor for the journal Sugar Tech, She has authored two booklets, edited three books and published numerous book chapters, together with more than seventy research papers in various national and international journals and proceedings.